The General Administration of the People's Republic of China issues a "smoking ban". The industry hopes to adopt a film rating system.

The sound should not be cut across the board

Most of the directors and producers are in favour of the “smoking ban”. Director Gao Xixi bluntly stated that the smoking cessation order would not have much impact on his future creation: “In the past, when shooting the film, they were trying to reduce the number of large-scale smoking shots.”

Some people questioned the release of the “smoking ban”. Professor Ying Ying of the School of Film and Television at Shanghai University frankly stated that before the “smoking ban”, literary works should not be “equality for all”: “Such as those smoking scenes that are especially suitable for the time of war and people at that time can be exceptional cases, and the standards of art films should also be Appropriately relax some."


Case Lu Xun should not quit

Some people also questioned that historical celebrities such as Lu Xun have often left the smoke in the public's impressionistic habits for many years. Even smoking has become one of the hallmarks of Lu Xun’s personalization. “It will be difficult for future film and television dramas to help Lu Xun stop smoking. “The senior producer Ma Zhongjun bluntly stated that “Lu Xun who does not smoke or Lu Xun” does not need to associate Lu Xun with cigarettes in film and television dramas.

According to Professor Shi Chuan, a professor at the Shanghai University of Film and Television, for a historical celebrity such as Lu Xun, the “smoking ban” of the film and TV dramas should be properly opened: “When you think of Lu Xun, he often does not sleep during the days and nights, and the only way to maintain his It's the cigarettes that are on hand. Deletion is a major flaw in the shaping of characters."

Implementation of call hierarchy

The “Notice” issued by SARFT stipulates that movies and television dramas with more smoking scenes will not be able to participate in future awards. However, according to Ge Ying, such “punishment” may be exploited by some people. "This is likely to give birth to some movies that are as good as the box office, regardless of the awards."

Ge Ying said that compared to purely “smoking control” and “non-smoking”, adopting a movie rating system is the best way to solve the contradiction: “With a rating system, audience groups are divided, and the greater the restrictions, the larger the audience is. Small, the creator will consider the cost of using the lens in the movie. The grading system is equal to throwing the bag to the producer, but now it is not graded and the baggage is thrown to the manager.”

In addition, there are also the director of the "smoking ban" standards put forward their own questions: "The current "Notice" a lot of ambiguous things, what is the name of the smoking camera? What is less? How long?"